City of Nashville Selects Cardiac Science as Provider of AEDs for Public Access Defibrillation Program
January 04 2005 - 12:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
City of Nashville Selects Cardiac Science as Provider of AEDs for
Public Access Defibrillation Program Nashville Is Latest Major U.S.
City to Partner With Cardiac Science on Comprehensive AED
Deployment IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardiac
Science, Inc. (NASDAQ:DFIB), a leading manufacturer of life-saving
automatic public-access defibrillators (AEDs), announced today that
it has been selected to provide AEDs and comprehensive AED/CPR
training and AED program management services for a county-wide
Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) program launched by the City of
Nashville and surrounding Davidson County, Tennessee. "The
Heartbeat of Nashville" PAD program, which has been approved by the
Metropolitan Government of Nashville, Davidson County and Nashville
Mayor Bill Purcell, includes a public-private partnership agreement
between the Metropolitan Government and Cardiac Science. The PAD
program is being coordinated by the Nashville Fire Department,
which in addition to planning the deployment of AEDs, is reaching
out to private citizens through a public awareness campaign on the
importance of defibrillation therapy and the use of AEDs to treat
victims of a massive heart attack, also called sudden cardiac
arrest ("SCA"). According to Nashville Director-Fire Chief Stephen
Halford the goal of the PAD project is to significantly increase
cardiac arrest survival rates in the local community by making AEDs
more accessible in a wide variety of settings and educating
citizens about the Chain of Survival, an emergency intervention
process that includes early defibrillation and CPR. "The program
aims to dramatically improve the SCA survival rate in Nashville and
Davidson County, which currently stands at eight percent, to
upwards of 40 or 50 percent," said Nashville Director-Fire Chief
Stephen Halford. "Nashville's goal is to deploy at least 1,000 AEDs
in public facilities and highly trafficked public places throughout
the county within the next few years." Nashville's new PAD program
makes it the latest major U.S. city to partner with Cardiac
Science, joining San Diego, Minneapolis and Miami. Assistant Fire
Chief Kathy Whisenant said, "This is a true public-private
partnership and we look forward to working with Cardiac Science in
this effort. We chose Cardiac Science based on a number of factors.
We were impressed with their comprehensive program and a
demonstrable track record of PAD program successes in other cities.
In addition, we conducted an extensive review of all AED products
in the market and found that Cardiac Science's Powerheart(R) AEDs
are robust, reliable and very easy to use." About Sudden Cardiac
Arrest and AEDs Currently more than 90 percent of SCA victims die
before reaching the hospital due to the length of time it takes for
emergency personnel to arrive on the scene. In all, about 340,000
Americans die each year from SCA. In fact, a person's chance of
survival is reduced by about 10 percent for every minute spent
waiting for a potentially life-saving defibrillation shock.
Implementation of a successful public access defibrillation program
has achieved survival rates as high as 74 percent if patients
received defibrillation within 3 minutes. The American Heart
Association estimates that as many as 50,000 of these lives can be
saved if an automated external defibrillator is available at the
time of the emergency, and someone is nearby who has been trained
to use it. AEDs are becoming more widely available and are being
used in a variety of settings, including airplanes and airports,
government workplaces, office buildings, industrial plants,
schools, universities, casinos, golf courses, sports arenas, homes
and health clubs. About Cardiac Science Cardiac Science develops,
manufactures and markets Powerheart(R)-brand public-access
defibrillators (AEDs) and offers comprehensive AED/CPR training and
AED program management services that facilitate successful
deployments. The Company also makes its AEDs on a private label
basis for other leading medical companies such as Nihon Kohden
(Japan) Quinton Cardiology Systems and GE Healthcare. For more
information, please visit http://www.cardiacscience.com/, email
Cardiac Science at or call 1-949-797-3800. This news release
contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition, from
time to time the company, or its representatives, have made or may
make forward looking statements orally or in writing. The words
"estimate," "potential," "intended," "expect," "anticipate,"
"believe," and similar expressions or words are intended to
identify forward looking statements. Cardiac Science cautions that
these statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties
and are qualified by important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward-
looking statements and should not be relied upon by investors when
making an investment decision. Information on these and other
factors is detailed in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ending
December 31, 2003, subsequent quarterly filings, and other
documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. For further information please contact: investors, Matt
Clawson of Allen & Caron Inc, +1-949-474-4300, , for Cardiac
Science, Inc.; or Michael D. Gioffredi, Chief Marketing Officer of
Cardiac Science, Inc., +1-949-797-3800, ; or Kathy Whisenant,
Assistant Fire Chief, Nashville Fire Department, . DATASOURCE:
Cardiac Science, Inc. CONTACT: investors, Matt Clawson of Allen
& Caron Inc, +1-949-474-4300, , for Cardiac Science, Inc.; or
Michael D. Gioffredi, Chief Marketing Officer of Cardiac Science,
Inc., +1-949-797-3800, ; or Kathy Whisenant, Assistant Fire Chief,
Nashville Fire Department, Web site: http://www.cardiacscience.com/
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